Target: Scott Hixson, District Attorney for Horry County
Goal: Demand an end to Horry County’s sponsored beaver killing program.
South Carolina officials of Horry County have started a program—the Horry County Stormwater Department’s Beaver Bounty—which encourages residents to kill and mutilate beavers in their natural habitats. Even worse, Horry County residents are being incentivized to dismember these animals—as county officials are offering $100 for each pair of front paws brought to them. When inquired further about methods by which to kill the beavers, the Horry County Stormwater Department’s Watershed Planner, Chelsea Cogliano, responded that residents could shoot them, or kill them by whatever other means necessary.
This program has been started due to frustrations relating to flooding in local areas caused by dams, which beavers build as shelters for them and their families. Animals are not ours to kill when they become an inconvenience for us. If we want to blame someone for flooding—such as the recent, monstrous floods of Yellowstone National Park—we should point our fingers at our own selves.
Animal mutilation and death should never be encouraged. Sign this petition to demand an end to this gruesome program and stop destroying beavers and their homes.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear District Attorney Hixson,
Horry County officials have sponsored a morbid program which incentivizes residents to kill and dismember innocent animals. The Horry County Stormwater Department’s Beaver Bounty is rewarding residents with $100 for each pair of beaver’s front paws they successfully cut off and bring in. Officials are not regulating the means by which these animals are killed, and have told inquiring residents to kill the beavers by whatever means necessary, and advised using a saw or knife to cut off their paws.
This initiative started after mounting frustrations resulting from flooding issues caused by beaver dams. The dams that beavers build, however, are used as shelter for them and their families. What right do we have to deny an animal of its natural built home? Us humans are responsible for worse floods than these, and it is time we stop encouraging the abuse of animals simply because they are an inconvenience to us.
We are asking you, Mr. Hixen, to demand an end to this vicious program and stop incentivizing people to senselessly kill wild animals.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: yrjö jyske
There ways to control the amount of species. Why is abuse and cruelty the first answer? Think outside the box you bunch of morons
Right? One would think wildlife experts are hired to protect wildlife, not promote killing them, or culling them. Most of the paid employees are uneducated useless morons.
Exactly! We can outsmart anything, such as finding a use for the extra water, or diverting it with a pipe, but they’ll never admit in public that it’s cheaper and more fun just to kill. Government shouldn’t encourage violent behavior, and citizens need to approve of the taxes used as rewards. Sickening, barbaric program.
Der Mensch zerstört selbst alles und macht die Tiere jetzt dafür verantwortlich und will die Biber brutal töten lassen,wie dumm und bösartig sind doch diese Menschen,wer gibt uns das Recht den Tieren den Lebensraum zu nehmen,ohne die Tiere würde unser Planet gar nicht lebensfähig sein wann begreifen das diese idioten, das muss sofort gestoppt und verboten werden, es ist abartig und Tierquälerei und ich verachte diese Leute zu tiefst. Diese armen Biber haben das nicht verdient lasst sie gefälligst in Ruhe.
MATEM ESSES HUMANOS CRUÉIS AO INVÉS DOS CASTORES 🦫💖
“A grandeza de uma nação e seu progresso moral podem ser julgados pela forma como Seus Animais são tratados.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“O HOMEM👹☠ FEZ DA TERRA UM INFERNO PARA OS ANIMAIS.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
Animais = 👼💖 Seres De Luz
Humanos = 👹☠ ??????? LIXO!!!!!!!
The only animal numbers that need controlling walk on two legs. Beavers are just doing what they’ve always done, humans change the playing field. This is beyond disgusting and barbaric. Anyone who participates in this speciest cruelty needs to suffer the same fate.
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Couldn’t agree with you more…
👍I DEFINITELY AGREE !!!I can’t ever call people 💩👎🤬
“humans” that mutilate and torture animals for fun and $$$. There are serious psychos and they belong ☠️6ft UNDER !!!
Anyone who does this is sick in the head
Totally unacceptable to cut of their feet– they will suffer immense pain, please stop this financial reward for the people.
Offer cash bounties for destructive HUMAN TRASH rather than intelligent and highly complex beavers!
STOP this extreme environmental crime!!!!
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WOW! That is the only way that you could think of to stop the beavers!! Little people with NO HEART OR SOUL. SO TORTUROUS AND TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!!!!!!!!!
Beaver dams and pools reduce soil erosion and retain sediment, which absorb and filter pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides, and fertilizers. This improves the quality of water downstream used by humans and other species. YOU ARE MORONS!!!!! AND YOU WILL PAY! STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY YOU BACKYARD BILLIES!!
South Carolina officials of Horry County SHOULD BE KILLED AND DISMEMBERED!
WHERE ARE THE ANIMAL PROTECTION AGENCIES!!!!!??????
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The only species that should be hunted .. is human!!
It’s disgusting why .. said humans continually find ways to be barbaric heartless assholes showing disdain for other species and their right to exist! I’m appalled the lengths humans go .. to be fucking evil loathsome POS!!!
Yes!! I agree!!
I am absolutely disgusted and horrified by this and the people of SC!!!! This government should ashamed of themselves and should be removed from office! This is not ok! Promoting and paying for murder?!! Seriously what the F is wrong with these people! This is so wrong on so many levels!! You have a beaver problem then trap and relocate them!! Promoting the murder of helpless beavers is dangerous, stupid and barbaric!! I will never give a dollar supporting a state that murders helpless wildlife for nothing!! This is the beavers world and we need to adapt to wildlife now more than ever. Every animal counts!! Every animal!! It’s people like this that are why our planet are dying! Stop being so selfish!! I wish I could chop off your hands and kill you… it’s only fair! An eye for an eye!! No to beaver murder!!
Planet Earth is there for all of us. I can’t believe how many dumb people are on our planet that believe in killing of wild animals. It makes me mad. We better send those stupid species that call them self human somewhere to other planets. Planet Earth was created for humans and every specie that is living on planet earth
YOU EVIL SON OF A BITCHES NEED TO STOP KILLING BEAVERS. DO SOCIETY A FAVOR AND JUMP IN THE SWAMP WITH SHITLOADS OF ALLIGATORS IN IT!!
Shame on humanas!!! We are the worst plague on earth!!!
STOP MUTILATING ALL BEAVERS IMMEDIATELY!!! STOP ALL THIS ANIMAL CRUELTY!! ALL CRUEL IDIOTS WHOM DO THIS TO BEAVERS AND ALL ITHER ANIMALS SHOULD HAVE IT DONE EXACTLY TO THEMSELVES!!! EYE FOR EYE MANTALITY!!!!
Officials of Horry County in South Carolina are haters of Wildlife and the Environment. Even more disturbing is how they are providing financial incentives to kill and mutilate these Beavers and to bring to them their cut of feet in order to receive $100.
What a bunch of sick and twisted Officials. Serial Animal Killers. I would be willing to bet that all of Horry County’s Officials are Men. There MO? To kill, mutilate, and destroy innocent lives. They all must be closet Pedophiles as well since they like to dominate and kill innocent lives. Sick Bastards.
Agree all comments what’s wrong with laws and people. Do the same to them cruel bastards.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH Shirley Lemieux
“Officials of Horry County in South Carolina are haters of Wildlife and the Environment. Even more disturbing is how they are providing financial incentives to kill and mutilate these Beavers and to bring to them their cut of feet in order to receive $100.
What a bunch of sick and twisted Officials. Serial Animal Killers. I would be willing to bet that all of Horry County’s Officials are Men. There MO? To kill, mutilate, and destroy innocent lives. They all must be closet Pedophiles as well since they like to dominate and kill innocent lives. Sick Bastards. “
STOP the horrific CRUELTY, ABUSE and KILLING of Beavers — We NEED our BEAVERS — the flooding is NOT Beavers’ fault — either transport Beavers to other locales or Experts MUST build ADDITIONAL Dams to stave off waters & flooding — KILLING & MUTILATING Beavers is so depravedly sadistic (AND needless), there are NO words for such Humans — also, we do NOT NEED Beavers’ FUR
I agree with all the comments!! The stupid disgusting moron humans! They are the only ones that need killing!! They are a plague! Make sure this doesn’t happen to the beautiful little defenceless beavers!!
I get so sick of people!! ‼️☹️😡
OH MY WORD, HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER LOT OF LOW-LIFE MORONS STRAIGHT OUT OF `DELIVERANCE`. YOU REALY ARE DISGUSTING, GREEDY, SHAMEFUL EXCUSES FOR HUMANS.
STOP YOUR WICKED, VILE, CRUEL, EVIL ACTIONS AND BETTER STILL DO IT TO EACH OTHER, SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT.
ANOTHER WASTE OF A HUMAN BODY WALKS THIS EARTH….WHY??